pôr
See also: por
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese põer (“to put”), from Latin pōnere, present active infinitive of pōnō, from Proto-Italic *posnō.
Verb
pôr (first-person singular present indicative ponho, past participle posto)
- (transitive) to put; to place
- Não me lembro onde pus as chaves.
- I don’t remember where I put the keys.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, copulative) to get (to position oneself into a given state)
- Põe-te de pé antes que o general te veja.
- Get up before the general sees you.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with em or a or another positional preposition) to go to a given location
- Ela pôs-se ao lado da lareira.
- She went [and stood] next to the fireplace.
- (transitive, intransitive) to lay (to produce and deposit an egg)
- Comprei uma galinha mas ela não põe mais.
- I bought a chicken but it doesn’t lay eggs anymore.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to set (to go below the horizon)
- O sol está se pondo.
- The sun is setting.
- (transitive) to put on; to wear (to start to use an item of clothing)
- Pusemos blusas para não passarmos frio.
- We put on blouses so we wouldn’t be cold.
- (ditransitive, copulative for the second object) to make; to get (to cause to be in a given state)
- Os insultos a puseram nervosa.
- The insults made her nervous.
Usage notes
In Brazil, the conditional and the future indicative are not commonly used. The equivalent forms of synonyms (usually colocar) are used instead.
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb pôr
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Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | pôr | |||||
Personal | pôr | pores | pôr | pormos | pordes | porem |
Gerund | ||||||
pondo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | posto | postos | ||||
Feminine | posta | postas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | ponho | pões | põe | pomos | pondes | põem |
Imperfect | punha | punhas | punha | púnhamos | púnheis | punham |
Preterite | pus | puseste | pôs | pusemos | pusestes | puseram |
Pluperfect | pusera | puseras | pusera | puséramos | puséreis | puseram |
Future | porei | porás | porá | poremos | poreis | porão |
Conditional | ||||||
poria | porias | poria | poríamos | poríeis | poriam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | ponha | ponhas | ponha | ponhamos | ponhais | ponham |
Imperfect | pusesse | pusesses | pusesse | puséssemos | pusésseis | pusessem |
Future | puser | puseres | puser | pusermos | puserdes | puserem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | - | põe | ponha | ponhamos | ponde | ponham |
Negative (não) | - | ponhas | ponha | ponhamos | ponhais | ponham |
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pôr.
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